Roger Mark Wessels (born 4 March 1961) is a South African professional golfer. Career Wessels was born in Port Elizabeth. He turned professional at a relatively late age in 1987, without having had any major successes as an amateur. Despite that, he won several times on the Southern Africa Tour, latterly the Sunshine Tour, including the South African PGA Championship in 1991. He also played on the Canadian Tour, where he won the Canadian Masters title in 1994. He represented South Africa in the World Cup at the end of that year. Wessels played on the European Tour from 1995 through 2003, having his best season in 2000 when he finished 35th on the Order of Merit. He retired from tournament golf at the end of 2003, and has since pursued a career as a teaching professional. Professional wins (12) Sunshine Tour wins (9) 1991 Lexington PGA Championship 1992 Tzaneen Classic 1994 Kalahari Classic, Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge 1995 Renwick Group Classic Pro-Am, Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy 1996 Mafunyane Trophy 2000 Observatory Classic 2001 Platinum Classic Canadian Tour wins (1) Other wins (2) 1994 Sanlam Cancer Challenge Pro-Am 1999 Smurfit COC Pro-Am Results in major championships DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Team appearances Professional World Cup (representing South Africa): 1994 References External links South African male golfers European Tour golfers Sunshine Tour golfers Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth People from George, South Africa 1961 births Living people